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The Edmonds–Kingston ferry is a ferry route across Puget Sound between Edmonds and Kingston, Washington. Since 1951 the only ferries employed on the route have belonged to the Washington state ferry system, currently the largest ferry system in the United States. The last regularly operated steam ferry on the West Coast of the United States ...
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. The routes are designated as part of the state highway system. WSF maintains a fleet of ...
MV Puyallup is a Jumbo Mark-II-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.This ferry and her two sisters are the largest in the fleet. Puyallup is normally assigned to the Edmonds–Kingston route, [1] although she is often reassigned to the Seattle–Bainbridge Island route whenever either of her sisters assigned to that route are out of service.
The Washington State Ferry Salish heads for Edmonds from Kingston on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which means it's time for turkey, football, food comas and ...
The Edmonds–Kingston ferry, added to SR 104 in 1994, [46] was first served by the 14-car and 76-passenger City of Edmonds in 1923. [47] The ferry ran three crossings on weekdays and six on weekends and a toll of $1.50 for vehicles and $0.25 for passengers was later charged. [47] After the establishment of Washington State Ferries in 1951, the ...
The Washington State Ferries system was created in 1951 from the state government's acquisition of a private firm. It operates large automobile ferries on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands . The agency also operated passenger ferries from 1986 to 2006, but was later prohibited from operating passenger-only routes. [ 3 ]
The city's ferry terminal is located at the west end of Main Street at Brackett's Landing Park and is served by a ferry route to Kingston on the Kitsap Peninsula. From 1979 to 1980, Washington State Ferries also ran ferries to Port Townsend during repairs to the Hood Canal Bridge. [194]
Edmonds station is located on a single-tracked segment of the BNSF Scenic Subdivision on Railroad Avenue in downtown Edmonds, adjacent to the Edmonds ferry terminal. [2] It has a single, 1,200-foot-long (370 m) side platform on the east side of the tracks, [3] running from Dayton Street to Main Street and paved with asphalt; [4] [5] the southern half of the platform, measuring 520 feet (160 m ...